St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-27
His Prospects For Success
Said to Be Unexpectedly
Encouraging.
Fifty Thousand Soldiers and
Their Friends Already
in st. Louis.
Rain Falling, and Food and
Lodging at a Premium
The TenterS.
Specials to the Globe.

ST. Louis, Sept. 26.-The Minnesota
delegation arrived this afternoon and
their headquarters are in rooms 80 and
50 of the Southern. the most fashiona-
bic hotel i'll the city. 1T is the largest
delegation which ever represented the
state in National encampment," said
j. III. Drake, of st. Paul, to the GLOBE
reporter. I'VE had pleasant trip
here, eventful only for the good time
we had" The Minnesota delegation
held caucus tonight, the meeting last
ing nearly two hours. The encampment
organized with the appointment
of an executive committee consisting of
j. H. Drake, of st. Paul, chairman: H.
A. Castle, st. Paul: Maj. r. r. Hender-
son, st. Paul. and E. c. Babb, Mime
apolis. The main object of the caucus
and of the executive committee is to
push Judge John Ii. Rea, of Minneapo-
lis. as the next cOmmander-in-chief.
1.-The following for him was enthuSiaS-
tic" said Mr.. Drake. I'VE have re-
ceiyed strong encouragement from a
number of leading states since leaving
st. Paul which have caused us
To feel encouraged over Judge
Rea'S chances. The feeling has grown
so strong among the other previously
announced candidates that the opinion
is general here at the hotel tonight that
Judge Rea'S chances as a dark horse are
excellent" The Minnesotians will hold
another meeting tomorrow evening at
which the matter will be discussed.
The number of grand army men from
that state will probably reach $50.
Those who are not stopping at the ho-
tells are camping at jackson park.
DAKOTA
has sent delegation which will num-
Der between .a5 and 100. Their head
quarters are in room $50 of the Lindell
hotel. They are headed by Gen. Allen,
the state commander. Among the
other officers present are, Col. Campbell,
senior vice commander; s. n. Booth,
junior vice commander: Judge Palmer,
delegate at large; Col. Elson, Gen.
Dennis, a. S. Bates, and others. They
arrived this afternoon There are be-
tween twenty-five and thirty veterans
from the Black Hills. -.
TAKEN. BY STORM.
ST. LOUIS. Sept. 26.-The boys in
blue and their friends have taken the
city by storm to-day, and from daylight
until far into the night one continuol
procession of grip-SackS has poured itself
out of the Union depot. From O'Clock
OnwardS there was not lapse
of half an hour without a train,
and the local reception committee,
although its numbers had been rein
forced. found it impossible to handle the
people that crowded upon them. There
were times when chaos reigned su-
preme, and when even the awful rush
of the knights templar cOnclave was
more than surpassed. Up to 3 o'clock
this afternoon the official reports to
headquarters of the local committee
showed that over ~, 900 ex-SOidierS were
; already upon the ground, and as
every train brought i'll more spectators
than Grand Army men, it was figured
out that fully $4,000 strangers were in
the city. This does not, probably, rep
resent more than one-third of the num-
Der that will be here by tomorrow, for
the delegations from many of the prin-
cipal states, including Illinois and
Pennsylvania, as we'll as big excursion
trains, are yet to arrive at this writing.
Whether this grand multitude can be
housed,
EVEN IF IT CAN BE FED,
is a serious question. Not room, not
even cot space, remained at any of the
hotels after 10 o'clock, and the clerks
were driven well nigh to distraction by
crowds that besieged the desks and
begged and pleaded for even a place to
lay their heads. Every lodging house
within radius of mile of the old court
house is pretty well filled up, and plenty
of people have been glad
to secure accommodations two
or three miles away. The
rush, in fact, has upset all calc LlatiOnS.
As an example accommodations had
been ordered in advance for 1,5O0 Cali
fornians. and when the train came in,
what with wives and children and
friends they were $500 strong. The
same, in a greater or less degree, is true
of almost every delegation that has put
in an appearance. To make matters
oughly
SATURATED THE TENTS
in which the rank and file of the veter-
ans were to be sheltered, that the pros
poets of their occupancy is anything but
inviting. and the men who a score of
years ago would have been perfectly
contented with existing condi tions, are
hardly willing to add to the infirmities
of advancing age by sleeping upon the
damp ground. The executive commit
tee, however, has not allowed itself
to a unit express themselves as con-
fident that provision can be found for
all that come. An immense crowd
waited patiently for over two hours in
the union depot tonight for the special
train carrying Gen. Lucius Fairchild,
the cOmmander-in-chief of the Grand
Army, and the members of the national
staff. When at length the train made
its appearance and the general alighted,
the cheers were loud and long con-
tinued, and it was with difficulty that
the reception committee made a path
through the vast cOncOurSe of people to
the carriages in waiting. There was
another big crowd at the national head
quarters at the Southern,a land here again
Gen. Fairchild
RECEIVED AN OVATION.
Not less hearty was the greeting ac-
corded at the Lindell to Gen. Oglesby
and the department officers of Illinois,
who came in on the first section of the
official train with twelve other sections
in their rear. The Pennsylvanians,
headed by Post COmmander-in-C Chief
Louis Wagner, of Philadelphia, reached
here after 10 O'Clock, several hours be-
hind schedule time. They were pretty
tired crowd, and lost no time in
getting between the sheets. The Mill
nesota delegation, 400 strong, are among
the last of the arrivals UP to midnight.
The pension committee of the encamp-
ment at a meeting this evening decided
to report to the body resolution
strongly indorsing the dependentpen-
sion bill, which was yetoedby the presi-
dent. Rain is still falling at late
hour and the streets are
IN A DEPLoRABLE CONDITION,
put fair weather and cold is promised